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— and working toward — a better
world.
Most importantly, help them connect
with other changemakers. As teens
demanding gun law reform are
discovering, nothing inspires kids
like other kids. And when they speak
up together, young people can,
through trial and error, eventually
influence decisionmakers and re-
shape the world.
Based on the book
The Parents’
Guide to Climate
Revolution.
Copyright © 2018
by Mary
DeMocker.
With Special
Thanks to New
World Library.
Mary DeMocker is
help teaching overall media literacy,
the author of The
consult Commonsense Media.
Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution.
She uses the arts to fight for a livable
Help them engage: Kids face
planet, and is cofounder of 350.org’s
threats most of today’s parents never
had to, including school shooters, Eugene, Oregon chapter. She lives
online bullying, more frequent natural with her family in Eugene, and speaks
disasters, shifting immigration frequently about creative ways to
policies, and growing racism, sexism, make the world more healthy, just,
and intolerance fueled by top and fun. Her website is
government officials. Parents can www.marydemocker.com.
listen to children, ask questions, and
help them engage in positive
solutions. If kids want to share their
perspective, help them find a
microphone, column space, or
leadership opportunities. Model what
it looks like to be a citizen imagining